LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 647, 26 October 1909, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

In order that the readers'of, The Dominion may not .lie penalised by tho boycott of this paper by the Ward Administration, as'regards Government advertising, wo publish at our ow u cost,: on page 10 of this issue, railway notifications regarding the running of trains in connection with the Cartovton Show and Masterton races, and. tenders for the supply and: delivery.of linseed.oil. - '-~- , ,f .';

■The postal authorities advise that tho -Moeraki, wiiioh left Sydney for Wellington'on Saturday, has Australian mails on board for the whole, Dominion. ; She is' due here on Wednesday morning. ■"' ;'

■ }h; Mansfield, .monumental mason, pf : Wellington, has been notified by the secrc-, ary of the Captain Cook Memorial Committee (M r,. W. Allen) ■ that his design has teen selected; for the monument to ,be erected-at bhip Cove, Queen Charlotte' Sound, to the memory of the explorer.- -The final choice lay between the- designs of Messrs. . Mansfield, Houlkner,. C.i;. (Nelson), and Holm Biss: C.B. (Auckland). ; Mr. : Mansfield . informed a DoWMojf.- reporter yesterday that tho highest point of, tho monument would-bo 37ft.. i The foundations would, bo of concrete, the basement of blue, stone, and the dais-of concrete. From the dais will rise a Corinthian column (of, ferro-concrote or: marble), which will be surmounted by a figure of Captain Cook, exeOutedUn marble or bronze, The first prize in the competition "was-'£10... It-was originally intended that, the foundation stone should be laid,in Jubiloo Week, but owing to delays that has -been'found < to be. impossible,-"-■'.■•■■

-Our Wauganui correspondent .states .that Messrs. R, 11. White and Co.,'drapers, of Wanganui,- have amalgamated with the Wellington firm ■ of' Warnock and Adkiri,; The Wellington houso is to be closed, and tho stock transferrodto Wuiigahui. : ..;.--;

Arcadian indeed appear to be tho dreams of-the City Council in respect-to Lyell Bay. As is no driftwood abdut.tho beach to enablo picnic parties to boil tho holiday'kettle,,it i 6 hinted that tho corporation art minded to; supply hot water,gratis to parties requiriug-.it.' Other- municipal- projects with respeotiit6;'itho-''bay'Wr'e'' ;, flls6,understood toMio on'the move.'fvSo^by'tlie l time that! the holidays arrive,the bay ought to form a fairly nttractiyo place,in which to" put in a'day,'' even though' it/ may not quite rival Brighton, Trouville,. or, ,BinrrifiS, ■■" .;i -v.-. ■■;,>:■*; ..."

_ Canterbury "delegates at tho Trades and Labour Council wish to'move:-"That a clause be inserted in all awards, making it an oiTarico for, an employer .to/uso obspeno or bullying language to an,employno and vice versa.": It ,was. ppj;if<d out ■ nt. tho: conference yesterday that: a similar provision is statutory law in regard to cpal .mines. ,Tho. couforonce decided to' take ,the motion/ofter:the remits on the order-paper havo been; dealt wjtlw - ■ • -

..The-now issue or stamps, bearing the King's hoad will be ready for sale oh'thoafternoon boforo tho King's birthday.. The stamps' of the ; new -issue- range, from a halfpenny : to' one shilling, eoch value excepting tho' penny; bearing, tho living's head. Tho penny stamp is of the samo goiieraL design as hofotoforo,. except » ~»P 01 "!r 0 , not No «' Zealand" is substituted for. Noiv Zealand," and tho value appears in , Arabic numerals in addition to tho valuo in ■words, The halfpenny stamp is prepared for printing by the surface process, and boars an oxcollont portrait of his. Majesty tho Kinp. Tho stamps at>.2d., 3d.,4i, sd„> cd.i.Bd., and Is, lore engraved.by, the recess process of printing, and,are specimens of very fine workmanship, the portrait of:the King being believed to. ho the best that has yet nppearetf on any postage stamp. Tho plates for all'tho stamps were prepared in London, the printing being done' in New Zealand. The perforation, gumming, and general appearance of the sheets of. stamps reflect credit on. tho Government Printer and his staff. >-/■;/ ':/-/\/'' ..-,..- ': - ■•,•,-..--.■

■ During tho recent wet months, tho railwayauthorities havj -experienced''much incouveinonco.in their efforts to:obtain ballast metal -from the ! bod of the Otoki Hiver, near the' railway station. In flood time tho branch lino has been repeatedly inundated and broken, and at the present: time ftcannot be used, owing to a gap mndo in it about a fortnight-' ago by on?/of the rapidly-rising river, torrents. As reportcd-jost week tho Finohco Committee of the City. Council has'agreed; to accept, by temporary: loan (under ISoction S)G of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1908), advances from' depositors at rates-of •81 per cent. ;at, call, and ,4. per ..cent, for fixed deposits .for twelve months.' /■ As', explained by tho Mayor a .considerable, saving of interest On overdraft could be effected. The' council was allowed to bprrow oh overdraft up ■ to tho amount.fixed at.the beginning.of each year, B™.8 ™. instead of paying 5 , per cent, on overdraft tho now arrangement would mean.that tho council .could- take money on deposit for short terms at low ■ rates of . interest,', say 3 per cent, or lower, This ivns.dono in other centres and 'enabled money to bo obtained cheaper than' it 'could .be;got in any other' J'ay. Up to yesterday. morning. tho corporatlon had received off crs of nearly which would be taken at low rates of interest and result/in; a 'considerable saving :to . tho city. ■The amount of money which can bo 6o ; taken T l B : ' ,in »t e(l bv tho provisions ■of the Act. Tho fact that tho abovo sum was under offer up to yesterday appears to show that a large amount of money is,available for investment ,in Wellington;, Tho amount is so largo that it is hold in nome quarters that by Christmas tho rata-of-interest will probably come down considerably. '"•

• An alarm offiro was given at 1 p.m. yesterday, the cause being a small outbreak in the Kitchen p£ the Presbyterian Orphanage at Brooklyn. Very llttlo domara was done, the tiro being put out before tho nrrival of tho local bripde, under Captain Armstrong, At- the convention,of tho Federated Mosto? Builders' Association of Australasia, the New | Zealand representative (Mr, W. B. Bennett, of Wellington) said that tho different builder*'- associations m New Zealand made tip ft uiiitod body, with its headquarters at Wellington, and a. total membership of 650, It hadbeon found advisable to join, hands with tho Employers' Federation,and the result: had proved very successful.' The genera! secretary kept a oloso •eye-on nil political events, and lie might bo described as often "taking his blankets and sleop.' ing on the-steps - of Parliament House"; at times, too, members of the Parliamentary Committee of the' joint associations'.'':would bo colled from their homes lato at night by the .secretary; and would hasten to ,tho Houso'to watch the progress of some Bill affecting their interests.; About 12 months ano the Arbitration Court decided that no additional conces ; sions. could bo granted, and ;then the strikes commenced, and it was discovered, that the Act roally bound only ono side to the dispute, "Our body," said Mr. Bennett,, "took a '■, very firm .stand, and. we regret that our Government' showed conspicuous weakness when compared with the action of the Now South Wales Government, at tho. time of -the',; tramway strike. .<■ An amendment to'the Act has how been secured, and we. bops. and trust- it will prove -serviceable.". ■■.; ■-'■-;. : :,; ; ■'.- ■.-'■,:.■■• -.V.- ■■'■ It is expected that tho new railway, station :Al..T3nolMl.oriW.-ivin:.Kr>:,r o »^„...f n „.„ r ,„^ l ;„„ii„ ;

Tho new. twelve-trip concession' tickets, an-. thorised by..tho City Council, will probably be issued about the end of the-present-"week.' It is understood that the 24.'trip-tickets: will bo called in as soonns tho new tickets arc placed oh .the : market. . '-'.;■.:. _■'_■■.% '.'■» •."-.;.'• It is probable that the new installation of the electric light on tho King's Wharf and its. nhods will be tested to-morrow. The installation comprises something, like 120 lainus...: •••'.• An idea of the demand- for the Is. card tickets, recently issued by tho Tramways, Department; can be gauged from the fact that, from ! Monday last, week to Friday, both-days inclusive; .£137 worth, or a. total'of 2740.tickets, wore sold.-.. Tho working cut of details of tho tram, traffia on Labour< Day shows that outi of a total revenue from suburban lines for tho day of JClOl,l7s. 9d., the Mirnmar section contributed '£U is. Md... Karori -yielded JC2O 16s: sd„ and Seatoun £9 16$. Gd., whilst the city lines reaped £V 1& 10s. 58d.,. Disking tho grand total JE6BI Bs. 2Jd..,-;'; •".....' \.V-/-,' - v:'::

yesterday afternoon the remains of the Eon, 6. F. ltichardson were interred at tho JCarori Cemetery,' tho obsequies being attended by a large assemblage of public men, members of tho Civil Service, and private friends of. tho 1 deceased, Among those present wore, in addition to the relatives and intimate friends, tho Prime Minister (Sir Joseph' Ward), tho Attorney-Gen-eral (the Hon. Dr. Findlov), the Minister for Internal Affairs (the Hon. D. BuddoJ, Sir William Steward, JI.P., tho Hon. T. •'i.-Duncan, M.P., tho Hon. T. W. Hislop,j;% Hon. 0. SomueV M.L.C., tho Hon, F. X % M.L.C., Mr. W. Fraser, M.P., MrpV<?.' A. C. Hardy,- M.P., Mr. G. J. Anderson, M.P., Messrs. J. Strauchon, (Surveyor-Gcnoral), J C. Mlterfow (formerly Commissioner for. Lands), 1 A. Barron (Land Purchase Board), .T. Humphries (formerly Survoyor-Generai), C. W. Adams' (sometime Commissioner of Lands, Blenheim), C. E. Addms (District Survey Officer), Captain Barclay, Ji. E,' Fulton, C.E., and H. S. Wardell, There was a. large number of beautiful wreaths, including several from tho District lands and; Survey OJDce, tho New, Zealand. Institute of Surveyors, and tho Surveyors' Board. The'funeral service, was conducted by tho Eev, A.;L. Hanscll, vicar of Karori, :'

Tho-Wellington Choral Society hois'decided to givo a pertornianco of "The Messiah" (Handel) at the Lower Hntty to take place early in December, an evening or two after the-work has been produced by the society, ut- the Town Hall m'Wollington. The Hutt pcrformanco will take ploco in the .drillsbod, near the Lower Hutt Railway Station, a building which has seating accommodation for 1600 people. Atva very-'successful first rehearsal 1 of the oratorio o.i Friday evening last, the members of the society, by a unanimous 6kow'of hands, resolved .upon tho visit, to -the - Hutt wet or fine. '.'■,: ■■'.'.-■. - .... ..- f .'•■' „.-./;";•- "' .A deputation from the Coal Miners':Associa-. Hon will waitou.tho Minister ■ for Publio Works (the Hon.R. Mlfenzie) at 10.30 a.m. today, ..:■:,. ■'.. ",:. ;:.:-,■..<" :,- '. V. \\, ....- - Tho Rev.- Dr. -Nesbit,' of First Church, Dunodin, forwards .lis tho following paragraph from the Brisbane "Courier," and states that ho has known >; Mr.-, Hey and his work for nearly'- 20 .years, and can very heartily endorse the sentiments .oxpressod by tho bishop of , Carpentaria:—''Speaking at the Anglican Mission meeting the Bishop of Carpentaria paid a high tribute to Mr. Hey, tho superintendent of the Mapoon Mission Station. Ho said ho wanted to say how giadho; was that it had been found that Mr. Hey was not guilty of the conduct attributed to liim. (Hear, hear.) No toan who knew Mr. Hey would ever bolievo for a single moment that ho could havebeen guilty of anything of the sort.- (Applause.) Mr. Hey had devoted the whole of his; life for tho ; last .20 years with an absolute devotion to' this work, and he. had'the-highest andthenoblestcbar, actor.'- He. (Dr. White) had felt absolutely sure from, tho first that.Mr. Hey oould never under any possiblo circumstances -be guilty, of con-; duct which was unbecoming Christian! or « gentleman." The.charge against tho Rev, Mr. Hey was cruelly whipping a native girl named Ellen;v ;- -> ; -.. '::x ..; "-.:-.;■.■'■•"• : ...-i. 1 .-.<

.The thirty-second anniversary of tho founda'tion'pf l Southern Cross Lodge, -1.0.0.F;,', was celebrated' last evening.! by about- fifty' Odd. fellows,' st a dinner held -in the Hotel Windsor,: Past Grand Sfre H. J. .Williamsoccupied tho: chairi; the; only guest of the' Oddfellows, Mr, R. K. Hayes, Registrar.!of''-Friendly' Societies,, being; on. his- 'right.'" The' -toast-, list was short; tlio "Grand Loago of New-Zealand," ."Southern 1 Cross Lodge," "Zealandia - Lodge,!' and- the "Registrar of .Friendly- Societies" bis ing the. principal toasts. ' Messrs. B. J. Hill, W. J. Laukshuar, ,W;. E. Fuller,,'arid R.' P. Dighy'contnuuted. to-'the harmony'of: the evening. The fiinotion'Was, a great 'success, and hopes'. wcr« expressed.-.lbflVit. wouTcl be'.inado.'kn' Annujil/afiair;,;'.;-'.,;^-:'.: ;i -; ! j'V''; ,,: .'v'' ; '."'^'. :